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The Capture of Mr. Satan

Chapter 4: An Ambush

It had been a full week since the Z-fighters began their mission of guarding the Satan mansion. They had gone through with the plan formulated the week before, guarding in shifts. Despite that time nothing had happened, and the trail was growing cold.

It was early morning and Videl had just woken up. Walking into her kitchen, she saw Gohan sitting at the counter. He was playing video games on his DS.

"Is there anything else you do?" She questioned him.

He didn't look up from the device, "Yes, loads. I just really enjoy playing this. Until this past year, I had never played a video game before."

She stared at him, "Well you certainly know everything about that one." she said, as she got milk out of the fridge. "Do you think anything will happen soon? It's been a week, what if my father has gone mad?" Her tone quickly changing to worry as her questions progressed.

It was then that he closed his DS and looked at her, "I really don't know. But something has to happen soon. I would think that whoever took your father would have to enforce it, you know?" He said, grimly, but seeing her expression become melancholy he added a more hopeful response, "and the minute that this person does, we can get them."

She looked at him and blinked. "I guess you're right. I just hate waiting."

He laughed, "Waiting is terrible. Maybe that's why I like this thing so much." He said, holding up the DS.

She smiled, then in a fit of curiosity asked. "Gohan, I was meaning to ask. Where do you go to school?"

"Oh, I don't. My mom teaches me, or I learn from books. Although, I did once have a tutor, but that didn't work out too well." Gohan mentioned, putting his hand behind his head, laughing.

"Oh. Okay. I go to Orange Star Primary School. At least you don't have to wear a uniform." Videl responded smiling.

They both ended up spending the morning laughing, each talking about the differences in the other's life.

Later that night, at home, Gohan was at his desk finishing the last of his homework. He was in the middle of a particularly challenging problem, when all of a sudden he felt it, a spike in Vegeta's ki. Something had happened and he had to go see what.

Running out of his room, he quickly told his mother that he was going to fly to the Satan Mansion and figure out what had happened. She agreed and he left.

What was a clean and tidy home in the morning was no more. There were shards of glass from windows, broken chairs, and torn curtains. Vegeta, panting from a struggle, with his opponent pinned between his side and his arm.

"You're not going to get away now", he said, breathing heavily, his voice full of anger.

Gohan and the others had appeared, running into the room. It was a sight to behold, Vegeta, clearly winded, holding a strange man. The man had a deep navy blue skin of what appeared to be scales. He appeared to be snake-like, his face having slits for nostrils and red beady eyes. He too was breathing heavily, with many wounds on his body; a prominent one on his forehead was oozing a deep red liquid, most likely blood.

They went straight to work tying the man down. The other Z-fighters surrounding him as they began to arrive as well, Vegeta began the interrogation.

"Now tell me, why did you come here?" He asked, his voice full of anger and spite.

The creature took a deep breath, and then coughed up blood. "To get the girl", he said in between breaths, he was clearly dying.

Vegeta then got very close to the man, his voice projecting, "And who are you working for? Where did you come from?"

The man was now breathing even heavier, "I work for the great sorcerer Androsisis... on the planet Ryu...Ryukis..." he concluded, before closing his eyes, his breathing slowly stopping.

"Dammit, he must've taken a suicide pill." Vegeta said, still enraged.

"Or you pummeled him to death. Was he really that strong?" Krillen asked earning a glare from Vegeta.

"Yes you idiot, he may not look it, but he was. He must've been using some sort of magic to make his powers more intense."

"Well regardless of what has happened, there's only one solution now. Whoever has captured Mr. Satan is on the planet Ryukis, some of us will have to travel there to stop him." Piccolo said with a very serious tone. "I will go speak to Dende and Mr. Popo to see if they know the whereabouts of the planet. Vegeta, you get Bulma working on a ship to take us there. Everyone else, consider whether you're going or not going. We'll all meet up at the lookup at mid-day tomorrow. Everyone understand?"

Everyone nodded. Piccolo then flew off, then Vegeta, with Krillen accompanying him. Everyone else then left to go their separate ways, except Gohan. Quietly going up the stairs, he knocked on Videl's door.

"Come in."

Gohan peered in. "Are you okay?"

Videl was curled up in the fetal position on her bed. "Yeah, I just need a minute."

Gohan closed the door behind him, before sitting on her bed. He didn't know Videl much at all, besides the few times they had talked here and there. About their lives and how different, yet alike, they could be. While they weren't very close, Gohan, who always had a large heart and was open to things, thought of her as a friend.

Very faintly, Gohan could hear her sobbing. He scooted closer to her and put his arms around her, holding her.

"There, there. Did you hear any of what happened?" Through the still nearly-silent sobs, he could tell she was nodding.

"Well, he's gone now, and well...we know where your father may be." As soon as he finished this statement, the girl stopped crying and looked up at him with tear-filled eyes.

"W-well, where is he?" She asked, hopeful.

Gohan swallowed, he wasn't sure how she was going to take this. "He's on another planet. Ryukis I think?"

He was met with silence, Videl just stared at him. "Will, will…" she swallowed, "Will you be able to go there?"

"Yes, of course. I don't know how soon or how long it will take to get there, but Bulma and her father will make a ship in no time. And Piccolo will be able to find out where the planet is." Gohan explained, looking at her with a smile on his face.

Videl looked away, deep in thought. There were a few seconds of silence before she shot her gaze back to him.

"Gohan, can you promise me something? Two things." she said, looking at him straight in the eye, her pinky stretched out at him.

Gohan stared at her, then at her pinky. Knowing what this symbol meant, he looked back at her. "Yes.", he said joining her pinky with hers.

"Promise me, that not only you'll get my father back, but that I'll be able to join you guys as well."

And that's a wrap for this chapter folks. I tried to make it a bit longer than usual, but I think I didn't really do much. Oh well, I am new to writing. Please let me know what you think!

Also, a reviewer mentioned that this story was also labeled as humor, but pointed out the lack of humor. I did originally tend for this story to contain more light-hearted moments, but since they haven't appeared yet, I will go ahead and set the story to adventure only. Hopefully that will clear things up.